Masquerading in Male Attire

<p> Historically American women have dressed as men for a number of reasons: to enter the military to travel freely to commit a criminal act to marry other women--most often however to secure employment. During the 1800s and early 1900s most jobs were barred to women and those that were available to both sexes paid women far less.</p><p> This book profiles both women who passed as men and were caught--even arrested--and those who successfully masqueraded for years. Whatever the motive all took part in a common rebellion against an economic and social system that openly discriminated against them.</p>